Lawyer’s home burgled, believed to be linked to PI Bala’s case

Former Bar Council president Manjeet Singh’s house was broken into today and the lawyer said it could be connected to his work with missing private investigator P. Balasubramaniam.

Manjeet’s home was also attacked with Molotov cocktails last November, coincidentally after Bala gave interviews over his contradictory sworn statements over the murder of Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu.

“I have just been informed that my house in Kuala Lumpur has been broken into and the main item targeted and removed is my laptop. I am flying back immediately from London to attend to this incident,” Manjeet said in a statement tonight.

“It is very revealing that this is the second incident targeted at my house proximate to my attending to PI Bala’s matters. I had Molotov cocktails thrown at my house after his Singapore interview and now after his London and Paris interviews I have had my house broken into and my laptop removed. It is telling that many other valuable items in the same room, including my wife’s jewellery, were left untouched.

“I have serious concerns that attempts might be made by interested parties to interfere with the contents of my laptop and fabricate material,” said Manjeet, who added he will lodge a police report upon checking his house.

Manjeet was in London where he had accompanied Bala who had agreed to give a statement on his claims over Altantuya’s murder to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in the first week of July.

But the MACC backed out of the interview, citing legal considerations.